Representing violence in France, 1760-1820 /
Wynn, Thomas,1975-editor of compilation.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283) and index.
[Part] I. Violence and the crisis of reason. Gambling and violence : Loaisel de Tréogate as a neuroscientist? / John Dunkley -- Metaphors of popular violence in the revolutionary debate in the wake of Edmund Burke / Olivier Ritz -- Dreaming the terror : the other stage of revolutionary violence / Stéphanie Genand -- Gothic explosions : Révéroni Saint-Cyr's Pauliska ou La Perversité moderne / Pierre Saint-Amand -- [Part] II. Violence and the (re)writing of history. The 'dix août' (10 August 1792) in literary texts / Catriona Seth -- Violence in history and the rise of the historical novel : the case of the marquis de Sade / Michèle Vallenthini -- The everlasting trials of Jean Calas : justice, theatre and trauma in the early years of the Revolution / Yann Robert -- Violence in the theatre of the Revolution / Pierre Frantz -- [Part] III. Violence and institutions. Violence, vulnerability and subjectivity in Sade / Thomas Wynn -- The Bastille or the 'Enfer de Dutailli de Saint-Pierre' / Odile Jaffré-Cook -- Violence, terrorism and the legacy of the Enlightenment : debates around Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Revolution / Ourida Mostefai -- [Part] IV. Violence and morality. Violence in the work of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre / Malcolm Cook -- Violence and the monster : the Private lives of the duc d'Orléans / Rebecca Sopchik -- 'Avec une telle violence que...' : Sade's use of the term violence / Jean-Christophe Abramovici -- The sound of violence : listening to rape in Sade / Will McMorran -- Violence in the novels of Charlotte [de] Bournon-Malarme / Michel Delon.
Violence
Violence
Violence in literature.
French literature
French literature